Re: [microsound] the political economy of patronage

[Tad Turner <tad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/4/02 at 8:34 AM, anechoic <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> http://home.earthlink.net/~mriversong/patron.html but it doesn't
> really go too deeply into the political economy of patronage or
> issues of artist support in a consumer based society...perhaps the

One of the best things I've ever read about cultural formations of this
kind is Raymond Williams' "Sociology of Culture." which develops a
pretty profound analysis of our current situation.

....and there's of course Bourdieu's study "Distinction: a Social
Critique of the Judgement of Taste," but it's not concerned with
suggesting possibilities.

-Tad